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I recently listened to Derek Pearson's show on the Net and he played a record by The Commands called No Time For You. Absolutely blew me away and I can't stop playing this from Youtube. New group and tunes to me and I've listend to everything else of theirs on Youtube. Wonderful male group harmonies. They didn't make a bad record IMHO. Anyone playing their tunes out?

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Drew.

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I don't understand why some people like the o'jays version better. It's rarer, and I'm a huge o'jays fan, but the commands record is like perfection and the o'jays record isn't even close.

I finally got both commands pic sleeves a couple of years ago.

The commands are awesome but they definitely did have some crappy sides. However, they also weren't even the same group at that point because they were GIs stationed in San Antonio and a bunch of them left. I talked to one of the Justifiers on Kim, apparently one of the commands records mostly the justifiers.

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yeah, the instrumental is low and overorchestrated and sort of boring on the o'jays version. and i like eddie levert a lot but the lead of the commands added something special to the backing track and song. the o'jays version sounds sort of generic to me.

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O'Jays for me & I only own the Commands version. I like the O'Jays one because they take it a bit more direct & it's got more punch. Still like The Commands too though.

You think the O'Jays has more punch? it's much more generic sounding and less in your face IMO. It is more polished as KevH says.

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Very nice - I also prefer the Commands version. The lead singer for the OJays has to compete too much for me with his backing singers and music.

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I don't understand why some people like the o'jays version better. It's rarer, and I'm a huge o'jays fan, but the commands record is like perfection and the o'jays record isn't even close.

I finally got both commands pic sleeves a couple of years ago.

The commands are awesome but they definitely did have some crappy sides. However, they also weren't even the same group at that point because they were GIs stationed in San Antonio and a bunch of them left. I talked to one of the Justifiers on Kim, apparently one of the commands records mostly the justifiers.

Is the O'Jays version hard to get? Just curious....Value?

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Is the O'Jays version hard to get? Just curious....Value?

Not too hard and not too expensive Kev...but harder than the commands ..hows that for an answer that does'nt quite answer the question :g:

Seriously though ....O'jays crops up on ebay from time to time and usually does'nt go past double figures ( dollars)

Might be wrong but i seem to think it was also on one of the O'jays Lp's ??

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Not too hard and not too expensive Kev...but harder than the commands ..hows that for an answer that does'nt quite answer the question :g:

Seriously though ....O'jays crops up on ebay from time to time and usually does'nt go past double figures ( dollars)

Might be wrong but i seem to think it was also on one of the O'jays Lp's ??

:g: ,Nev where would you place the O'Jays in value terms? Harder than Dynamics/Backbeat/Wax Museum?.

Also, are these 3 labels in the correct order of release for The Commands?

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:g: ,Nev where would you place the O'Jays in value terms? Harder than Dynamics/Backbeat/Wax Museum?.

Also, are these 3 labels in the correct order of release for The Commands?

Yeah those are the correct label orders. Wax Museum is from the early 80s I think. Dynamics was the local label licensed to Backbeat.

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O'jays is probably rarer than any of the commands version .

Think it's one of those records that is'nt really indemand and often slips under the radar on ebay ....

by which i mean ,not being chased and bidded up by a large pack of hungry vinyl hounds ,so when it does appear it does'nt hit too high a price :g:

It was a while back ,but i seem to recall selling one for about £35 ....don'tthink it was much more ?

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O'jays is probably rarer than any of the commands version .

Think it's one of those records that is'nt really indemand and often slips under the radar on ebay ....

by which i mean ,not being chased and bidded up by a large pack of hungry vinyl hounds ,so when it does appear it does'nt hit too high a price :g:

It was a while back ,but i seem to recall selling one for about £35 ....don'tthink it was much more ?

If I had a mint copy of the o'jays I think i would try to get closer to 50 pounds

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Not too hard and not too expensive Kev...but harder than the commands ..hows that for an answer that does'nt quite answer the question :g:

Seriously though ....O'jays crops up on ebay from time to time and usually does'nt go past double figures ( dollars)

Might be wrong but i seem to think it was also on one of the O'jays Lp's ??

I found I quite hard to get a copy of the o'jays track, finally got one off Gemm thank to Mouldie, demo in ex cond for £6.00 from a guy in the states, I was looking around for 6 months + .

Got the commands as well but I do prefer the o'jays version, that's just me.

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I found I quite hard to get a copy of the o'jays track, finally got one off Gemm thank to Mouldie, demo in ex cond for £6.00 from a guy in the states, I was looking around for 6 months + .

Got the commands as well but I do prefer the o'jays version, that's just me.

that makes sense, it is under the radar but hard to find. one of those things that's 50 pounds if you're looking, $5 if you're not

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If I had a mint copy of the o'jays I think i would try to get closer to 50 pounds

Its always baffled me how some records are stubborn to get ,but when you enquire about price ,not expensive ,yet others are common and a lot more expensive ?

Yeah ok ,sometimes its a case of the more common being a always indemand dancer ...Ann Sexton -gone too long ,being an example

But take the O'jays -i'll never forget you on same label as "no time for you" and it's always over $100 and always plenty of bidders and always on ebay .

But not as good as the Metros lp version imho :)

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Its always baffled me how some records are stubborn to get ,but when you enquire about price ,not expensive ,yet others are common and a lot more expensive ?

I've never taken an economics class but I think it's something called "supply and demand."

The thing that's annoying to me and that I don't have an explanation for is that I have to look for years for a record, pay like 2x the book price, then a bunch of copies come up and it goes for $10 because you didn't need it anymore.

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I've never taken an economics class but I think it's something called "supply and demand."

The thing that's annoying to me and that I don't have an explanation for is that I have to look for years for a record, pay like 2x the book price, then a bunch of copies come up and it goes for $10 because you didn't need it anymore.

Think it's something called " SODS LAW" :wicked:

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